Traditional Indian street game

Aadu Puli (Goats & Tigers)

Aadu Puli is a hunting game for two: one side plays three tigers, the other fifteen goats. It is played on a triangle of lines drawn on the floor, often with stones or seeds for pieces.

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How it's played on the street

Draw the board: a large triangle crossed by lines. Pieces stand on the points where lines meet.
The tiger player places the three tigers first. The goat player then brings in one goat per turn.
Once all fifteen goats are on the board, the goats move along the lines too, one step at a time.
A tiger moves one step along a line, or jumps over a goat to the empty point straight beyond it and captures that goat. Goats cannot jump.
The goats win if they hem in every tiger so none can move. The tigers win by capturing so many goats that the rest can no longer trap them.

Other names

Puli Meka Telugu
Lambs and tigers English
Bagh Chal a related game from Nepal

How it plays in Vilayo

Move your goats together and box in Grandpa Velu's tigers. Like every game in Vilayo, it is built in real 3D, and the touch controls do what your hands would do on the street.

Levels are short, and each one gives up to three stars. Easy, Medium and Hard tiers bring new grounds and harder challenges, and the whole game plays offline.